Google it or googling it does not provide authority answers

"Google it" is not proof. When someone tells you to Google something, they may own the first page, and the number one result is a popularity ranking, not an objective fact. This episode is what I do instead. I share the CBD years, when "Google it, here are the lab results" led to labs owned by the company selling the product, and what I believe that lying cost the whole category. I share the one page "educational" sites that trace back to the person making the claim, and the life coach who says Google it and gets a page of hype with nothing under it. My first question when someone says "I Googled it and found this" is always the same: how many results did you get, how many were in harmony, and what contradicted it? If it shows up in a number of places, biased and unbiased, run with it. Otherwise state it as an opinion. I also share what I would like to see, liability for posting opinion as fact, and what I do when I am not 100 percent sure of something I want to share: say so. "I am seeing this. Is anyone else? Can someone point me to the source?" And when I am sure, put the sources in the comments so nobody has to take my word for it. Not a conspiracy rant and not anti Google. A rant about digging one page deeper than the first one. Written transcription, chapters and links: https://lorenweisman.com/2025/01/01/popularity-and-hype-transcription/Wait What Really OK is hosted by brand communications and optics strategist Loren Weisman.Episode pages with written transcriptions: https://lorenweisman.com/wait-what-really-ok/About Loren: https://lorenweisman.com/about-loren-weisman/Speaking: https://lorenweisman.com/speaking/Services: https://lorenweisman.com/services/Be a guest: https://lorenweisman.com/podcast-guest-info/Contact: speaking@lorenweisman.comOpening theme by RKVC. Closing theme by Doug Hinrichs. Both licensed.© 2011 to 2026 Loren Weisman. All rights reserved.